Calls for probe into killing of Indonesian cleric's supporters

Jakarta Police chief Insp Gen Fadil Imran (right) and Jakarta Military commander Ma. Gen Dudung show weapons as part of evidence in an alleged attack on the Jakarta Police at the Jakarta Police headquarters on Dec. 7, 2020. - Antara

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Divergent accounts between the police and the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) over the deaths of six of the group’s members in a purported altercation in the early hours of Monday (Dec 7) have sparked questions from observers, calling for transparency into the incident.

The calls came following an alleged clash between members of the police and sympathisers of FPI leader Rizieq Shihab on a section of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road, which resulted in the deaths of six men.